... his ship, he describes his reaction to the question: I knew too much and was not deceived, but answered him turn, and my words were crafty: "Poseidon, shaker of the earth, has shattered by vessel. He drove it against the rocks on the outer coast of your country, cracked on a cliff, it is gone, the wind on the sea took it; but I, with these you see, got away from sudden ... destruction. (The Odyssey, p. 144, IX, 281) Odysseus answers as he does, of course, because he ... fears the captivity of his intended victims. However, in calling attention to his craftiness in ... ...

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